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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the central govt to file a status report on implementation of its policies to encourage electric vehicles (EVs) as a PIL petitioner alleged that though in 2012 Centre had targeted to have about 70 lakh EVs on road by 2020, their numbers are just 35 lakh in 2025. Appearing for an NGO, advocate Prashant Bhushan told a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh that the promised infrastructure to encourage people to buy EVs has not been fulfilled, resulting in 26.6 crore fossil fuel-run vehicles on the road which cause pollution, increase in fuel import cost and harm to the environment aiding climate change. Though the bench asked attorney general R Venkataramani to file a status report on implementation of various EV policies, it believed these are issues which are […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU: In a twist to Monday's road-rage episode that snowballed into a language controversy, Bengaluru police registered an FIR against IAF Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose on Tuesday, charging him with attempt to murder and provoking breach of peace. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, meanwhile, condemned the episode & took strong objection to Bose's unwarranted and derogatory remarks about Karnataka and Kannadigas.BPO employee Vikas Kumar, the biker involved in a fistfight with Bose while the latter's wife Madhumita Dutta was driving him to a bus stop on Old Madras Road, was arrested late Monday based on Dutta's complaint alleging that she and her husband were abused in Kannada before being assaulted.On being released on bail Tuesday afternoon, Kumar uploaded a video on social media stating the allegations against him were false. "He (Wing Commander) attacked me and has given a false complaint […]

[ad_1] A fast-moving wildfire in Barnegat Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, has prompted mandatory evacuations for residents in several areas. According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the fire has already burned about 1,200 acres and remains completely uncontained. Evacuations are currently underway along Wells Mills Road, between Bryant Road and the Garden State Parkway. CBS news reported that authorities have confirmed sixteen structures are under threat and have been evacuated as a precaution. Aerial footage from the area shows parts of the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area engulfed in flames, with thick smoke visible from miles away.New Jersey Wildfire Causes Evacuations The wildfire has also caused significant traffic disruption. The Garden State Parkway has been shut in both directions near Exit 69. Several local roads have also been closed, including Rt. 532 (Wells Mills Road) from Route 72 […]

[ad_1] United States Food and Drug Administration US President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced its plans to ban synthetic dyes from the country's food supply, a move which would see the eight approved artificial food dyes being phased out by the end of 2026."For the last 50 years, American children have increasingly been living in a toxic soup of synthetic chemicals," Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference, surrounded by young families.Makary cited studies linking synthetic dyes to conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, cancer, genomic disruption, gastrointestinal issues and more.Of the eight synthetic dyes derived from petroleum, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Red 40 constitute the lion's share of those in use, according to Peter Lurie, president and executive director of the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest.These are […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah, who rushed to J&K on PM Modi’s directions within hours of terrorists massacring unsuspecting tourists in Pahalgam, vowed Tuesday to come down heavily on the perpetrators “with the harshest consequences”.Immediately after his arrival, Shah held a security review meet amid indications that the terrorists may have exploited the gap between Army patrols to attack the tourists in a meadow, with no way to escape, making them easy targets — almost “sitting ducks”.Officers were looking into if the terrorists timed the attack to coincide with shooting practice by Army personnel in a nearby range so that shots fired by them did not engage immediate attention of security forces deployed in the area“Anguished by the terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam. My thoughts are with the family members of the deceased. Those involved in this […]

[ad_1] Pallavi Rao had just seen her husband fall to a terrorist bullet. As life ebbed out of the Shivamogga realtor, his distraught wife pleaded with the gunmen to shoot her and their son dead, too. The reply? "Go, tell Modi." Kashmir wasn't just a dream destination for Manjunatha Rao. He hadn't been on a family holiday outside his native Karnataka in his 46 years. On Tuesday, the Raos were soaking in the beauty of Pahalgam's meadows when gunshots broke their reverie. Manjunatha was among two tourists from Karnataka - the other was Bengaluru's Bharat Bhushan - singled out and shot dead.Manjunatha had booked the trip after his son Abhijit's Class XII exams. They were part of a group that left Shivamogga on April 19. Pallavi, branch manager of Malnad Areca Marketing Co-op Society's Birur branch, recounted to a TV […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As hundreds of crores of rupees deposited with Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and labour courts remain unclaimed due to the whereabouts and bank details of claimants (road accident victims and workers) being unknown, Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a slew of directions to ensure that the money reaches the claimants and also directed HCs to launch a massive drive to reach out to them.As per figures submitted to SC by different high courts, Rs 282 crore is unclaimed and lying in tribunals in Gujarat, Rs 459 crore in Maharashtra, and Rs 239 in UP. The amount lying in labour courts is also high. "The issue is of great concern. The amounts represent the compensation granted to claimants in the claims filed under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. Though the claimants are held entitled […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk with Tesla car. Elon Musk has announced his time spent running US President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) "will drop significantly" starting in May.The statement from Musk, who also leads EV maker Tesla, comes at a time when the company has suffered a massive 71 per cent loss to its quarterly profits, which fell to $409 million."Probably in the next month, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly," the world's richest person was quoted as saying during a Tesla earnings call.The revenue of the Austin, Texas-based EV maker fell to $19.3 billion, down 9 per cent in the January through March period.In recent weeks, analysts have been laying much of the blame for the biggest sales drop in Tesla's history on Musk’s controversial DOGE role, a position which has resulted in protests outside Tesla […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan's Army chief General Asim Munir's recent dog-whistle - wherein he termed Kashmir as Pakistan's "jugular vein" - is being seen as among the possible triggers for Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror attack in Pahalgam coinciding with the visit of US vice president JD Vance, sources said.While agencies have yet to form a definitive assessment, multiple intelligence officers said there were indicators that Munir's provocative address, in which he also focused on the differential treatment of Muslims and Hindus, may have emboldened The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of LeT, which has claimed responsibility for the attack, to plan a "spectacular strike".LeT's top commander Saifullah Kasuri, alias Khalid, is suspected to be one of the plotters, according to an intelligence assessment. The role of two Rawalkot-based Lashkar commanders, one of whom is Abu Musa, is also under scrutiny, sources said.On […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pak-occupied-Kashmir “remains fully intact”, with the main training camps in the hinterland and “launch pads” along the Line of Control (LoC) still very much in place, senior Army officers said on Tuesday after the deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam.The massacre comes soon after Pak Army chief General Asim Munir last week claimed Kashmir was Islamabad’s “jugular vein”, while invoking the two-nation theory. “Our stance is absolutely clear — it (Kashmir) was our jugular vein, it will be our jugular vein, we will not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their struggle,” he said. India had, of course, rubbished the comments.The Army HQ in Delhi, especially military operations directorate, was assessing the latest situation till late on Tuesday. “Pak-trained terrorists are using other routes to sneak into […]